iOS 18.2 Lets You Use Natural Language Search in Apple Music and Apple TV

With the iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, macOS Sequoia 15.2, tvOS 18.2, and HomePod 18.2 software updates, Apple has added a new natural language search feature for Apple Music and Apple TV.

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In the ‌Apple TV‌ app, you can use casual language search terms to find exactly what you're looking for, typing in genres, actors, and moods. Searches like "movies about natural disasters," "movies with cats," "movies with Zendaya," and "exhilarating movies" all bring up relevant results.

The ‌Apple Music‌ app supports similar searches, and you can look for genres, moods, activity, decades, and more. Examples include "songs about cats," "songs with a vibe," "relaxing songs," "artists similar to Taylor Swift," "sad 80s songs," and "songs about food."

On the ‌HomePod‌, Siri supports ‌Apple Music‌ natural language search so you can ask the personal assistant to play content based on moods and activities, just like you can on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, ‌HomePod‌ software 18.2, tvOS 18.2, and ‌macOS Sequoia‌ 15.2 are expected to be released to the public next week.

Related Roundups: iOS 18, iPadOS 18
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Top Rated Comments

dasmb Avatar
20 weeks ago

The Apple Music app supports similar searches, and you can look for genres, moods, activity, decades, and more. Examples include "songs about cats," "songs with a vibe," "relaxing songs," "artists similar to Taylor Swift," "sad 80s songs," and "songs about food."
While this will make most tasks more reliable, it will make the task of finding Talking Heads' 1978 LP "More Songs About Buildings and Food" slightly more difficult.
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
MrTemple Avatar
20 weeks ago
I've been so looking forward to this. It will be a game changer to have devices that actually understand what you're asking and are able to pull the information together, eventually take the simple actions.

"Siri, can you make it so my phone doesn't charge me for internet when I go to another country?"

"Siri, show me where every plist is that's loading a startup item or daemon on this Mac."

"Siri, show me 90s courtroom dramas with a tomato-meter above 65%."

"Siri, create a new shortcut that will close all the windows and cool the upstairs to 22C."
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Lounge vibes 05 Avatar
20 weeks ago

Is this an Apple Intelligence feature or available on all iphones with 18.2?
All of them, as well as HomePods and Apple TV that don't have Apple AI at all.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
CarAnalogy Avatar
20 weeks ago

I've been so looking forward to this. It will be a game changer to have devices that actually understand what you're asking and are able to pull the information together, eventually take the simple actions.

"Siri, can you make it so my phone doesn't charge me for internet when I go to another country?"

"Siri, show me where every plist is that's loading a startup item or daemon on this Mac."

"Siri, show me 90s courtroom dramas with a tomato-meter above 65%."

"Siri, create a new shortcut that will close all the windows and cool the upstairs to 22C."
I absolutely love your optimism. Apple has been pretending Siri could actually answer questions for a long time. Up until last WWDC they still did. Now they suddenly acknowledge that it needs extreme improvement.

They've blown all credibility with Siri. I'll believe it when I see it. The idea of Siri being able handle queries like that is literally unbelievable to me.

Maybe Apple has finally woken up. It's not about the technology, it's about the management structure and incentives to make it happen. They could have cared about Siri a long time ago, now they feel forced to because they missed a big hype train.

Perhaps they finally have their hearts into it this time. Still doesn't feel genuine, like they actually really understood what the problem was.

I just can't get the story out of my mind of Cook and Ive taking that little pretend trip in their concept Apple car, and having a person pretend to be Siri answering their questions. What a complete fantasy world.

And that was years ago. They were completely ignoring the real problems then. If money is the only thing that made them change their minds now, I'm not getting my hopes up.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
techyOS Avatar
20 weeks ago
if this… you know, actually works, could be a pretty nifty addition
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
TheDauterive Avatar
20 weeks ago
When 18.2 first released I tried using this with Siri by asking, "Play new wave songs from the 80s with female vocalists", and Siri exploded. I just tried it with Apple Music search and it did...ok.
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)